Vice Media nears deal for $400 million sale out of bankruptcy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-nears-deal-for-400-million-sale-out-of-bankruptcy-64297d2
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WSJ News Exclusive | Vice Media Nears Deal for $400 Million Sale Out of Bankruptcy
The media business is in talks to sell itself to top lenders Fortress and Soros Fund Management through a reorganization that would wipe out other investors.
IBM chief says employees' careers could suffer and promotions may be harder to achieve if they work from home
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IBM chief says employees' careers could suffer and promotions may be harder to achieve if they work from home
"Moving from there to another role is probably less likely because nobody's observing them in another context," Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg.
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Carmakers are pushing electric SUVs, but smaller is better when it comes to EVs
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Carmakers are pushing electric SUVs, but smaller is better when it comes to EVs
Electric SUVs are better than their gas counterparts for the climate, but they can be worse than compact gas burners
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AI company scraped billions of Facebook photos to use in facial recognition database sold to police
https://www.salon.com/2023/04/06/ai-company-harvested-billions-of-facebook-photos-for-a-facial-recognition-database-it-sold-to-police/
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Salon
AI company harvested billions of Facebook photos for a facial recognition database it sold to police
In a BBC interview, Clearview's CEO admitted to scraping photos for its facial recognition database that it sells to law enforcement agencies
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Amnesty International slammed for using AI-generated images of real Colombia protests
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Amnesty International slammed for using AI-generated images of real Colombia protests
To commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the protests against tax rises imposed by the Colombian government during the height of Covid-19, the international human rights advocacy group...
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Google engineer jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/google-senior-software-engineer-31-jumps-to-death-from-nyc-headquarters/amp/
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New York Post
This smart home fitness device helps keep your motivation up
Change the way you move with 500+ workouts.
Report: FAA Overruled Engineers, Let Boeing Max Keep Flying
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Report: FAA overruled engineers, let Boeing Max keep flying
A new report says some engineers for the Federal Aviation Administration wanted to ground the Boeing 737 Max soon after a second deadly crash, but were overruled by higher-ups at the FAA.
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TikTok Tracked Users Who Watched Gay Content, Prompting Employee Complaints
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-tracked-users-who-watched-gay-content-prompting-employee-complaints-5966a5f5
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WSJ News Exclusive | TikTok Tracked Users Who Watched Gay Content, Prompting Employee Complaints
The company logged categories of content and users on the app in an effort to boost engagement.
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Google engineer, 31, jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
https://nypost.com/2023/05/05/google-senior-software-engineer-31-jumps-to-death-from-nyc-headquarters/
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New York Post
Google engineer, 31, jumps to death in NYC, second worker suicide in months
The employee’s death comes months after Jacob Pratt, a 33-year-old Google employee who also worked at the Manhattan headquarters, was found dead of an apparent suicide.
An Entire Generation is Studying for Jobs that Won't Exist
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AIM
Will AI eliminate college degrees and future jobs? | AIM
Explore how AI is reshaping the job market and education, making some traditional careers obsolete. Discover what skills are essential for future success!
White House proposes 30 percent tax on electricity used for crypto mining
https://www.engadget.com/white-house-proposes-30-percent-tax-on-electricity-used-for-crypto-mining-090342986.html
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Engadget
White House proposes 30 percent tax on electricity used for crypto mining
The Biden administration wants to impose a 30 percent tax on the electricity used by cryptocurrency mining operations, and it has included the proposal in its budget for the fiscal year of 2024.
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Sugar-powered implant produces insulin as needed
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Freethink
Sugar-powered implant produces insulin as needed
It could revolutionize diabetes management.
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‘Remarkable’ AI tool designs mRNA vaccines that are more potent and stable
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‘Remarkable’ AI tool designs mRNA vaccines that are more potent and stable
Nature - Software from Baidu Research yields jabs for COVID that have greater shelf stability and that trigger a larger antibody response in mice than conventionally designed shots.
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Machine learning programs predict risk of death based on results from routine hospital tests
https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/03/machine-learning-programs-predict-risk-of-death-based-on-results-from-routine-hospital-tests.html
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University of Alberta
Machine learning programs predict risk of death based on results from routine hospital tests
U of A researchers have developed a machine learning program that predicts patients’ risk of death within one month, one year and five years based on the results of routine hospital electrocardiograms and blood tests. This information may help clinicians…
In Hollywood Strike, AI Is Nemesis
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mint
In Hollywood Strike, AI Is Nemesis
If the Netflix algorithm is unable to recommend a show we’ll like, maybe it can create one instead.
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A Solar Farm Connects Directly to the UK Grid for the First Time
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EcoWatch
A Solar Farm Connects Directly to the UK Grid for the First Time - EcoWatch
The first photovoltaic (PV) solar farm to connect directly to the UK’s National Grid transmission network started generating power.
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AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/ai-vs-hollywood-writers-battle-plagiarism-machines-in-union-talks/
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Ars Technica
AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks
WGA writers don't want to train AI or clean up AI-generated "sloppy first drafts."
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ChatGPT is powered by these contractors making $15 an hour
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/openai-chatgpt-ai-jobs-contractors-talk-shadow-workforce-powers-rcna81892
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The AI revolution is powered by these contractors making $15 an hour
Two OpenAI contractors spoke to NBC News about their work training the system behind ChatGPT.
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New map of the universe’s cosmic growth supports Einstein’s theory of gravity
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2023/04/11/new-map-universes-cosmic-growth-supports-einsteins-theory-gravity
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Princeton University
New map of the universe’s cosmic growth supports Einstein’s theory of gravity
Research by Princeton scholars at the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration has culminated in a significant breakthrough in understanding the evolution of the universe.
U.S. chip production is expensive, Korean chipmakers find
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2023/05/06/business/industry/semiconductor-chip-Samsung-Electronics/20230506060021960.html
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U.S. chip production is expensive, Korean chipmakers find
Korean chipmakers are facing a multitude of challenges in building and expanding capacity in the United States, after committing billions of dollars to the efforts as the U.S. government initiated a push to increase domestic manufacturing...